Show l r t I 1 fishing Wife Deserters in Nations Nation's Capital 1 ii s Experience Ex Experience under amilY desertion and non- non law In Washington has proved possible Is TS to bring deserting d ds to time and make them suph sup sup- h her helf r families however much want ant to skip out and leave 1 and ind children to shift for them- them In Itself profits nobody v Ims not to punish but to se- se upp rt The man decides r rhe lie e will work in confinement and Judge William H. H Dethe De Dethe tb the juvenile court sees that he herk rk ln one way if he will not ina ind in d 3 l a man brought up for non- non pl promises to furnish it he is probation and ordered to pay ti fled d amount of his wages each night at the police station his home borne The sergeant turns l over to the juvenile court a the wife gets it in full on m A Monday morning her pay day The money is pretty safe sale here and the plan heads off many a Saturday night spree The man is kept at work which is a mighty good thing of Itself and the family Is kept together Men who are not willing to furnish support under this arrangement and those who who default in payment or desert desert desert de de- de- de sert a second time are promptly sent to the workhouse There they are made up into gangs and put to work In Rock Creek park where Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt when president used to take his afternoon gallop They have a hard days day's work In the open air with good food and for this the law requires the government to pay 50 cents a day to the wives as for any government em em- The work in the park would cost a da day if not done by prisoners prisoners prisoners prison prison- ers ers so one dollar Is left to pay for boarding and guarding the men after the wages have been taken out Congress Congress Con Con- gress appropriates 2000 a year for this purpose Judge DeLacy's execution of the law lawis lawis lawis is effective because it is certain FamIly Family Family Fam Fam- ily desertion is a misdemeanor or a felony in almost every state and Is punishable with hard labor in many But to punish the man in jail jall the judge must also punish his wife and children by cutting off his wages |